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There is a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms over the area today and tonight. The slightly better chances for any rainfall will be over the western areas.

It might be foolish to hold out hope for some rain after yesterday’s spotty storms produced about 1/100 of an inch at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

But there’s still a 20 percent chance for today, followed by a dry few days, according to the National Weather Service.

“It rained maybe a little more west of the airport,” said meteorologist Dan Shoemaker. “It was so spotty yesterday, we just about missed it. Today and tonight are our last chances for rain for a little while.”

Expect a high temperature of 92 degrees and a low of 77. That’s just about normal for June 19. There will be similar temperatures through the weekend.

“We’re going to be in a stagnant pattern for a little while,” Shoemaker said.

So far, this year is the fifth driest on record, with about 8.3 inches of rain since Jan. 1. The all time low was in 1909 with just over 6.1 inches. The wettest was in 2007 with 26.7 inches.

Thunderstorms are expected to bring in small amounts of rain, but nothing severe or enough to fill up lakes and reservoirs, according to the National Weather Service.

The soggy start to Memorial Day only brought in 0.17 inches at Dallas Love Field and only .03 inches at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, said meteorologist Tom Bradshaw.

“Most of the heavy rain was in the counties south of us,” Bradshaw said. “Here in the Metroplex we missed out on the larger rainfall.”

There’s a 60 percent chance of thunderstorms today, mostly before 2 p.m. Chances decrease tonight to 40 percent. High temperatures are in the low-80s for the rest of the week and lows in the low-70s.

There is also a 20-40 percent chance for thunderstorms the rest of the week, perhaps making up a little bit for the false hope in the system that’s moved south of Dallas-Fort Worth and soaked the Hill Country.

Bethany Canell wore a clear NCAA bag while light rain hit the March Madness Music Festival at Reunion Park yesterday. Rain is likely all day today with afternoon and late evening breaks. (Nathan Hunsinger/The Dallas Morning News)

Updated at 5:12 p.m.: The weather may be cooperating with fans.

The storm is moving off toward the east and with the exception of some sprinkles between 6-7 p.m. and 10-11 p.m., it should be out of here, said Tom Bradshaw, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.

Original item at 10:46 a.m.: It might be dark, wet and gloomy now but the rain will likely give Bruce Springsteen fans a break later this evening, according to the National Weather Service.

Thunderstorms are expected all day, but meteorologist Dennis Cavanaugh said there could be small breaks this afternoon between 1 and 5 p.m. That’s perfect timing for today’s earlier concerts.

“Of course, that’s not guaranteed,” he said.

However, just after sunset, there will likely be a new round of showers moving east through the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

“This will probably be the most difficult weather during all of the Final Four days,” Cavanaugh said. “After that, we’ll be in good shape.”

Lightning is possible but there’s also a chance for some small penny-sized hail at the worst, according to the National Weather Service.

“The storms are elevated so there’s little chance of high winds and no chance for tornadoes,” the meteorologist said.

At last, our fall has come along. Our sweaty days are over — at least for now.

Be sure to bring a sweater and an umbrella with you if you're headed to work this morning, as temperatures are expected to drop about 20 degrees by quitting time and rain continues today, according to the National Weather Service.

“There'll be a cold front moving in around noon,” said meteorologist Ted Ryan. “Before the front, temperatures will be in the 70s. Behind the front, we'll drop into the 60s or upper 50s by 6 o'clock.”

There's nearly a 100 percent chance for rain today and Ryan expects there to be about an inch across the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Yesterday's rainfall averaged nearly an inch across most areas, with .62 inches recorded at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Ryan said we can expect the rain to mostly go away by Wednesday night, but temperatures will likely not rise above the mid-70s or below the low 50s through the weekend.

The storms that soaked much of Dallas-Fort Worth last week dumped more than enough rain to snarl traffic and knock out electric power to thousands, but they didn’t do much to counter the lingering drought.

Officially, more than 2 inches of rain fell at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, and some areas reported considerably more. Yet several significant North Texas reservoirs were lower on Monday than they were a week earlier. Any increases – and several lakes picked up water – were tiny.

“Typically, we need three heavy days of rain before we get any runoff,” said Denise Hickey, spokesperson for the North Texas Municipal Water District, which serves more than 1.6 million customers north and east of Dallas. “First you have to saturate the ground and then the creek beds before you get any runoff that can collect in the lakes.”

Slick roads from overnight showers have made for a dangerous commute for some drivers with a few accidents throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area. And the rain doesn’t seem to be going anywhere according to the National Weather Service.

Showers throughout the night and morning produced nearly 5 inches of rain in Arlington, a shade under 3 in Dallas and almost 2 at D/FW International Airport, according to the National Weather Service. To the south, Corsicana got a whopping 6.3 inches. And there’s more rain to come this afternoon.

Heavy rain across the area has caused the National Weather Service to issue an urban and small stream flood advisory for North Texas counties until 9:30 a.m.. Harris said motorists should drive with caution this morning.

“When people are driving through this type of rain fall, it makes it dangerous,” Harris said. “If you’re driving at highway speed, you could hydroplane. Hopefully, everyone has got their lights on.”

Harris said a cold front will move in pushing the rain to the south of North Texas.

The region has a slight taste of fall with a high temperature not expected to exceed 80 degrees and a low tonight at 65 degrees. The cooler temperatures will likely continue through the weekend with mostly clear skies and highs of 86 degrees and lows in the mid-60s.

Rain has already been sighted in several parts of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but there’s a chance for showers and thunderstorms across the region until this evening, according to the National Weather Service.

Later this afternoon, according to the weather service, there’s also a slight chance of damaging winds, hail and cloud-to-ground lightning north of I-20 and east of I-35.

High temperatures should be in the mid-90s today, but there’s a very weak cold front moving through this evening, bringing temperatures as low as 73 degrees, said meteorologist Eric Martello.

“That’s extremely rare for mid-July,” Martello said.

Saturday and Sunday are expected to be mostly sunny with highs temperatures not expected to rise above 95 degrees. The normal high for this time of year is about 97 degrees.

“It should be a nice weekend compared to what we normally see,” Martello said. “But we’ll be right back in the 100s sometime next week.”

Update at 9:55 p.m., by Tristan Hallman: The number of power outages has now dropped below 1,000 in Tarrant and Dallas counties.

Update at 7:40 p.m., by Tristan Hallman: Oncor is reporting some 2,500 customers without power in Dallas County. Much of that is concentrated in the Duncanville-DeSoto area.

Tarrant County has more than 1,800 powerless customers, according to Oncor.

Update at 6:42 p.m., by Tristan Hallman: North Texas is now getting hit with another round of scattered showers.

The National Weather Service has issued a significant weather advisory for western and southeastern Dallas County, as well as parts of Johnson and Ellis counties. Wind gusts between 35 mph and 45 mph are possible.

Meteorologist Ted Ryan said the northern area of Arlington and the area northeast of Love Field would likely get hit the hardest. But, he said, “we’ll have a little rain for the next half hour or so, then it should be quiet for the rest of the night.”

Original post: Once the rain in North Texas slows down temperatures will rise into the mid-80s, but still remain about 10 degrees below normal, according to the National Weather Service.

“With less rain, we’ll warm up,” meteorologist Jesse Moore said. “We’ve had a couple of nice cool days, but we’ll be at about 95 degrees by Friday.”

The normal high for this time of year is 96 degrees. Yesterday’s high stayed at about 74 degrees, which broke the record for the coolest high temperature for July 15, Moore said. The all-time record low high temperature for July is 71 degrees, set in 1924.

Over the last 48 hours, about an inch of rain has fallen in the Dallas area, but the steady showers are letting up now that the upper level low pressure system is moving toward the Texas Panhandle and New Mexico. Scattered showers are likely to continue today and there is still about a 50 percent chance for thunderstorms.

There’s about an inch or more of rain in store for the Dallas-Fort Worth area today and high temperatures are unlikely to rise above 80.

“Wet’s the word of the day,” said meteorologist Jesse Moore. “We’ll see more rain today and tomorrow but it’ll get more scattered by tomorrow afternoon.”

The rainy Sunday brought about half an inch of water at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and .71 inches at Dallas Love Field. More rain was recorded south of North Texas with about 4 inches in Waco.

According to the National Weather Service, if today, high temperatures stick to 79 degrees, that will tie the record for lowest high temperature for July 15. The normal low for this time of year is about 96 degrees. Tonight there’s a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms with a low of 71 degrees.

Tomorrow there will be a high of about 87 degrees and a low about 73 degrees. There are still chances for rain and a flash flood watch is in effect until tonight for areas south and west of Dallas-Fort Worth.

Parts of North Texas could see a little bit of rain this evening, according to the National Weather Service.

Meteorologist Jason Dunn said areas east of DFW will get the most rain from the scattered showers and thunderstorms. North Texas will likely get a little less than a quarter of an inch of rain, he said.

“This is really just kind of typical summertime stuff,” he said.

Dunn said winds could reach 40-50 mph in some areas. Sulphur Springs recorded a gust of 47 mph.

The storms are expected to weaken by the time the sun goes down around 8:30 p.m., Dunn said.